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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Poetry Sessions With Rennaya</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/poetry-sessions-with-rennaya--4699639</link><description><![CDATA[Poetry acts as a bridge. An unthreaded path to discovering our emotions, our identity and our view of the world. Poetry creates a world less about tearing each other apart, and more about coming together. Helping us to realize that we are more similar than we think, and despite our differences, we are not alone in our grief, pain, joy or happiness.<br /> Join freelance writer Rennaya as she shares her poetry and her musings on love, loss and everything in between. Keep up with poetry sessions and get your weekly poetry in under twenty minutes with accompanying music recommendations.]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/4699639/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Performing Arts</category><copyright>Copyright Poetry sessions with Rennaya</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/51482d65281a8963c9054e5d298ad49d.jpg</url><title>Poetry Sessions With Rennaya</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/poetry-sessions-with-rennaya--4699639</link></image><lastBuildDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2022 16:56:50 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Poetry sessions with Rennaya</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Poetry sessions with Rennaya</itunes:name><itunes:email>rennaya.writes1@gmail.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/51482d65281a8963c9054e5d298ad49d.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>Poetry acts as a bridge. An unthreaded path to discovering our emotions, our identity and our view of the world. Poetry creates a world less about tearing each other apart, and more about coming together. Helping us to realize that we are more similar...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Poetry acts as a bridge. An unthreaded path to discovering our emotions, our identity and our view of the world. Poetry creates a world less about tearing each other apart, and more about coming together. Helping us to realize that we are more similar than we think, and despite our differences, we are not alone in our grief, pain, joy or happiness.<br /> Join freelance writer Rennaya as she shares her poetry and her musings on love, loss and everything in between. Keep up with poetry sessions and get your weekly poetry in under twenty minutes with accompanying music recommendations.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Arts"><itunes:category text="Performing Arts"/></itunes:category><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>Season 2|| Episode 3 - share Your Story</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-2-episode-3-share-your-story--48395877</link><description><![CDATA[This episode is a new segment titled “Share Your Story.”<br />This episode is curated by you the audience. <br />You sent in your questions and shared your stories. I responded to as many as I could. If your question or story did not make this episode, fret not I've got you covered in the coming episodes.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48395877</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2022 21:23:55 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/48395877/draft_1641344338613005_audio.mp3" length="11861263" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Poetry sessions with Rennaya</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>This episode is a new segment titled “Share Your Story.”
This episode is curated by you the audience. 
You sent in your questions and shared your stories. I responded to as many as I could. If your question or story did not make this episode, fret not...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[This episode is a new segment titled “Share Your Story.”<br />This episode is curated by you the audience. <br />You sent in your questions and shared your stories. I responded to as many as I could. If your question or story did not make this episode, fret not I've got you covered in the coming episodes.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>742</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ffb09e22fcad9b6fa4b84f5f8f18f2fd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Season 2|| Episode 2 - I Will Not Tell You</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-2-episode-2-i-will-not-tell-you--48123390</link><description><![CDATA[It's Happy Holidays for some, and I'm barely hanging on for others. <br /><br />While some of us get to spend time with our family and our loved ones, others don't have that privilege.<br /><br />Grief hits harder during the holidays and if you know someone grieving, please reach out and let them know that you care, that you're there for them.<br /><br />If you have no idea what to say, I hope my words can point you in the right direction.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48123390</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2021 19:05:53 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/48123390/draft_1638503963745601_audio.mp3" length="10487013" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Poetry sessions with Rennaya</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>It's Happy Holidays for some, and I'm barely hanging on for others. 

While some of us get to spend time with our family and our loved ones, others don't have that privilege.

Grief hits harder during the holidays and if you know someone grieving,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[It's Happy Holidays for some, and I'm barely hanging on for others. <br /><br />While some of us get to spend time with our family and our loved ones, others don't have that privilege.<br /><br />Grief hits harder during the holidays and if you know someone grieving, please reach out and let them know that you care, that you're there for them.<br /><br />If you have no idea what to say, I hope my words can point you in the right direction.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>656</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/42f578d3ab87ed82305216c9853a6887.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Season Two|| Episode 1 - A Different Kind of Love</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-two-episode-1-a-different-kind-of-love--47872164</link><description><![CDATA[If you were asked to tell the story of your life, there are certain names you must include.<br />The names of people who made us laugh, people who cried with us and for us. People who gave us love, people who taught us how to love.<br />A different kind of love.<br />The kind of love that only a friend can bring]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47872164</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2021 19:21:21 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/47872164/draft_163727823665915_audio.mp3" length="10025586" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Poetry sessions with Rennaya</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>If you were asked to tell the story of your life, there are certain names you must include.
The names of people who made us laugh, people who cried with us and for us. People who gave us love, people who taught us how to love.
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The struggle to cut ties and move on from a situation or relationship that drains us. Nothing hurts more than holding on to something that is falling apart. 
The process of letting go is anything...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[This Episode explores the mental process of detachment.<br />The struggle to cut ties and move on from a situation or relationship that drains us. Nothing hurts more than holding on to something that is falling apart. <br />The process of letting go is anything but easy, you take 10 steps forward only to take 30 backwards, but eventually you get to the point where you can no longer walk backwards and your feet only propel you in the direction of what is and no longer what was. <br />That is how I see the journey of letting go.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>849</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>lettinggo,letting+go+of+painful+memories</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8fbd24c415436f5a03b3a84a6ec9fd7e.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Season One|| Episode 3 - Love Like We Know</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-one-episode-3-love-like-we-know--42846714</link><description><![CDATA[I wanted us to kick off this new year with love, not just the romantic kind but the whole spectrum of it, the love you are always surrounded by, the love you continuously give without realizing. The love that you know, the love that we all know. I wanted to portray that. <br />Love isn't easy, it's not what the movies portray, it's more than that. And you deserve all of it, the kind that sweeps you off your feet, the love that makes you wear a silly grin. <br />I leave you with this quote.<br />I love you now, more than I did yesterday and less than I will tomorrow!<br />Happy New Year.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42846714</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 17:42:18 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/42846714/draft_1609981001287411_audio.mp3" length="12881084" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Poetry sessions with Rennaya</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>I wanted us to kick off this new year with love, not just the romantic kind but the whole spectrum of it, the love you are always surrounded by, the love you continuously give without realizing. The love that you know, the love that we all know. I...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[I wanted us to kick off this new year with love, not just the romantic kind but the whole spectrum of it, the love you are always surrounded by, the love you continuously give without realizing. The love that you know, the love that we all know. I wanted to portray that. <br />Love isn't easy, it's not what the movies portray, it's more than that. And you deserve all of it, the kind that sweeps you off your feet, the love that makes you wear a silly grin. <br />I leave you with this quote.<br />I love you now, more than I did yesterday and less than I will tomorrow!<br />Happy New Year.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>806</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3da361e0cd9327ccc161d64bb9309d9e.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Season One||Episode 2 -Your Reflection!</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-one-episode-2-your-reflection--42659500</link><description><![CDATA[Often times the voice in our head blurs our vision distorting the image of ourselves, and rather than seeing all that we are, we get consumed by all that we are not.<br />I hope you see your reflection with brand new eyes because I think you are as bright and beautiful as the stars in the night sky!<br />Happy Holidays]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42659500</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2020 19:05:01 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/42659500/draft_1608846349264682_audio.mp3" length="11398164" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Poetry sessions with Rennaya</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Often times the voice in our head blurs our vision distorting the image of ourselves, and rather than seeing all that we are, we get consumed by all that we are not.
I hope you see your reflection with brand new eyes because I think you are as bright...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Often times the voice in our head blurs our vision distorting the image of ourselves, and rather than seeing all that we are, we get consumed by all that we are not.<br />I hope you see your reflection with brand new eyes because I think you are as bright and beautiful as the stars in the night sky!<br />Happy Holidays]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>713</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4424ed9108d7115b96570d948aaa64e3.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Season One||Episode 1 - Goodbyes And Hellos</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-one-episode-1-goodbyes-and-hellos--42545552</link><description><![CDATA[Forgive my voice I'm a bit under the weather but I had to put this out regardless.<br />Goodbye is a word we're all familiar with, but it's effect and meaning run deep]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42545552</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2020 01:32:08 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/42545552/draft_1608251004157227_audio.mp3" length="10354102" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Poetry sessions with Rennaya</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Forgive my voice I'm a bit under the weather but I had to put this out regardless.
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